1Score 72.0 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Monument Valley
A cluster of sandstone buttes on the Navajo Nation, the largest rising 1,000 feet above the valley floor.
Monument Valley Attractions
The 31 attractions in this database associated with Monument Valley, ranked by the site's overall score.
31 attractions
- 2Score 58.1 out of 100
Landmark
Four Corners Monument
The only point in the United States shared by four states, maintained by the Navajo Nation as a visitor site. - 3Score 52.6 out of 100
Natural Landmark
West and East Mitten Buttes
Two buttes in Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, rising above 6,100 feet and named for their resemblance to a pair of mittens. - 4Score 47.0 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Totem Pole
A slender rock spire in Monument Valley, the eroded remnant of a butte, standing beside the spires the Navajo call Yei Bi Chei. - 5Score 46.9 out of 100
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Hunts Mesa
A 6,370-foot mesa at the south-eastern edge of Monument Valley, reached only with a Navajo guide by way of the dunes near Kayenta. - 6Score 44.8 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Merrick Butte
A butte in Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, south of the Mitten Buttes and named for the miner Jack Merrick. - 7Score 33.5 out of 100
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Mitchell Mesa
A 6,586-foot summit in Navajo County, named after a miner who died working the area alongside a partner named Merrick. - 8Score 31.6 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Camel Butte
A 5,847-foot Monument Valley summit near John Ford's Point, with dirt roads passing it on three sides. - 9Score 31.6 out of 100
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Cly Butte
Cly Butte is a summit in Navajo County, Arizona, within Monument Valley, at an elevation of 5,820 feet. - 10Score 31.6 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Elephant Butte
A 5,981-foot Monument Valley butte, appearing as the largest formation visible north-east of John Ford's Point. - 11Score 31.6 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Rooster Rock Spire
A 5,985-foot spire in a remote corner of Monument Valley that lies beyond the reach of all-day valley tours. - 12Score 25.5 out of 100
Historic Site
Ancestral Puebloan Ruin and Petroglyphs
A Monument Valley ruin and petroglyph site on a canyon edge, fenced since 2018 to better protect it, unusually sited on the ground. - 13Score 25.5 out of 100
Historic Site
Ancestral Puebloan Ruins
Ruins in southern Monument Valley thought to be the largest and most intact in the valley, set in a wide, shallow rock cave. - 14Score 25.5 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Artist's Point
A Monument Valley viewpoint looking north across the valley toward the Mitten Buttes and other rock formations. - 15Score 25.5 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Big Hogan Arch
A Monument Valley rock arch named for its hogan-like shape, once a Navajo gathering place valued for its musical echo. - 16Score 25.5 out of 100
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Cube Rock
A small, square-shaped rock formation in eastern Monument Valley, visible north-east of Yei Bi Chei Point near the Sand Springs overlook. - 17Score 25.5 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Ear of the Wind
Ear of the Wind is a rock arch in Monument Valley, Navajo County, Arizona, standing directly beside a sand dune. - 18Score 25.5 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Flying Eagle Butte
A Monument Valley butte north of Sleeping Dragon Butte and west of Yei Bi Chei, with a canyon cutting into its south-western side. - 19Score 25.5 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Hidden Bridge Arch
Hidden Bridge Arch is a rock formation in Monument Valley, Navajo County, Arizona, south of the formations known as Big Hogan and Sun's Eye. - 20Score 25.5 out of 100
Natural Landmark
John Ford Point
A Monument Valley overlook featured in several Western films, more developed than most of the park despite its rough dirt-road access. - 21Score 25.5 out of 100
Natural Landmark
John Wayne's Point
John Wayne's Point, a Monument Valley overlook named for the actor, lies near Lookout Point but faces east-southeast rather than its direction. - 22Score 25.5 out of 100
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North Window Overlook
North Window Overlook, in Monument Valley, Navajo County, Arizona, looks onto the North Window rock formation and the desert beyond it. - 23Score 25.5 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Sand Springs
Sand Springs is a natural spring in Monument Valley, Navajo County, Arizona, situated close to a nearby sand dune within the valley. - 24Score 25.5 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Sleeping Dragon Butte
Sleeping Dragon Butte, in Monument Valley, Arizona, resembles a dragon from the north and lies near traditional Navajo hogans and Flying Eagle. - 25Score 25.5 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Spearhead Mesa
Spearhead Mesa, in Monument Valley, Arizona, rises to 5,998 feet and marks the north-eastern boundary of the Eastern Monument Valley formations. - 26Score 25.5 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Sun's Eye
Sun's Eye, in Monument Valley, Navajo County, Arizona, is a rock arch visible from a rock formation beneath it. - 27Score 25.5 out of 100
Natural Landmark
The Hub
The Hub, in Monument Valley, Navajo County, Arizona, is a two-step butte with a narrower butte set atop a larger one. - 28Score 25.5 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Three Sisters Spires
Three Sisters Spires, in Monument Valley, Arizona, is a group of three spires best seen from John Ford Point, one topped by a resting rock. - 29Score 25.5 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Thumb Spire
Thumb Spire, in Monument Valley, Navajo County, Arizona, stands next to Camel Butte with several large rocks beside it. - 30Score 25.5 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Yei Bi Chei Point
Yei Bi Chei Point, in Monument Valley, Arizona, overlooks the Sand Springs region and, ringed by rock formations, looks upward rather than down. - 31Score 25.5 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Yei Bi Chei Spires
Yei Bi Chei Spires, in Monument Valley, Arizona, form a crescent beside Totem Pole Spire and, from the south, resemble dancers of their Navajo namesake.
About this list
Attractions are associated with the nearest recognisable destination rather than by municipal boundary, so a place just outside Monument Valley still appears here if that is how visitors reach it. None of these publish an official visitor count, so they are ranked on public interest and tourism significance. Each page says so.
Near Monument Valley
The closest attractions outside Monument Valley, measured from the places listed above rather than from a town centre nothing occupies.
- Agathla Peak — 4.9 miles away, Kayenta
- Owl Rock — 5.9 miles away, Kayenta
- Navajo Code Talkers exhibit — 13 miles away, Kayenta
- Navajo National Monument — 24 miles away, Kayenta
- Chuska Mountains — 37 miles away, Chinle
- Black Mesa — 41 miles away, Kayenta
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